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Size | 0.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 54 items) |
Abstract | Andrew J. Sproul (fl. 1845-1865) was an immigrant from Ireland who settled in Ohio in 1851. During the Civil War he served in the 16th Ohio Regiment, United States Army, at Vicksburg, Miss., and elsewhere on the lower Mississippi River. The collection includes letters received by Sproul from members of his family in Ireland, concerning family and neighborhood affairs, crops, prices, and other matters; letters, 1861-1863, from Sproul to his wife while he was serving in the 16th Ohio Regiment concerning camps, neighborhoods, comrades, fighting, and "rebel" attitudes of some Union soldiers; miscellaneous accounts and memoranda; and a few photographs. |
Creator | Sproul, Andrew J., fl. 1845-1865. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Andrew J. Sproul (fl. 1845-1865) was an immigrant from Ireland who settled in Ohio in 1851. During the Civil War he served in the 16th Ohio Regiment, United States Army, at Vicksburg, Miss., and elsewhere on the lower Mississippi River.
Back to TopThe collection includes letters received by Andrew J. Sproul from members of his family in Ireland, concerning family and neighborhood affairs, crops, prices, and other matters; letters, 1861-1863, from Sproul to his wife while he was serving in the 16th Ohio Regiment concerning camps, neighborhoods, comrades, fighting, responses to the Emancipation Proclamation, and "rebel" attitudes of some Union soldiers; miscellaneous accounts and memoranda; and a few photographs.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1845-1860 |
Folder 2 |
1861-1890 |
Folder 3 |
Volume 1: Notes, 1862-1865 |
Folder 4 |
Volume 2: Notes, 1862, 1877 |
Folder 5 |
Volume 3: Accounts and memoranda, 1862, 1888 |
Folder 6 |
Volume 4: Accounts and memoranda, 1867, 1869, 1871 |
Image Folder PF-1877/1 |
Portraits of unidentified persons; photograph of a house |